Book discussion In The Europe Illusion , Stuart Sweeney considers Britain’s relationships with France and Prussia-Germany since the map of Europe was redrawn at Westphalia in 1648. A timely and far-... Read more

The EU has more than once gone through a phase of reflection on how to deal with decision making in a grouping of countries with heterogeneous preferences: Europe à plusieurs vitesses, concentric... Read more

The lecture considers the process of the Brexit decision and negotiations from the time the decision was made to hold a referendum to when Parliament made one of the most far-reaching decisions in... Read more

Although international financial crises vary, both in terms of their underlying causes and their manifestations, they also share certain patterns. In his remarks, Mr. Hagan will explore these... Read more

Please join us for drinks and nibbles after the talk. BOOK PRESENTATION A collapsing pound, spiralling oil prices, near-rationing of electricity... over the past half-century, Britain's economy has... Read more

POSTPONED Mahmood Pradhan is deputy director of the European Department, International Monetary Fund. Mahmood does research in Financial Economics, Monetary Economics and Econometrics. Their most... Read more

Abtract: The newer EU states have managed an impressive pace of real convergence, significantly outpacing the EM average. Integration into European manufacturing chains have been central to this.... Read more

The December 2018 Euro summit mandated the Eurogroup to develop ‘a budgetary instrument’ for the euro area, with features to be agreed in June 2019. This seminar examines design issues for an... Read more

The number of high profile instances of corruption has - justifiably - generated considerable moral outrage, particularly at a time of growing inequality. But there is also ample evidence that... Read more

Has Europe’s Hamilton moment arrived? On June 19, 2018, the Meseberg declaration featured a proposal by France and Germany to establish a Eurozone budget in that spirit, starting in 2021. However,... Read more

Book presentation Over the last twenty-five years Poland has transitioned from a perennially backward, poor, and peripheral country to unexpectedly join the ranks of the world's high income countries... Read more

Abstract: Much analysis of the European Union (EU) has focused on the process of “ever closer union”. The Junker 2022 plan is one example of this approach. The key question in the alternative... Read more

This panel discussion will address the situation in Turkey after the presidential elections of 24 June 2018 from a constitutional, foreign policy and political economy perspectives. Mehmet Karli will... Read more

Abstract: The recent IMF Euro Area Financial Sector Assessment Program undertook an in-depth, critical examination of euro zone financial sector policies and especially the functioning of the Banking... Read more

Abstract: In his talk, Mr Adams will consider how the current international environment is shaping the insurance sector and discuss how trends including demographics and technological innovation are... Read more